Music-roll seal



E.- S. DWELLY.

MUSIC ROLL SEAL- APPLICATION FILED JULY I, 1921.

l ,42 6 1 6 1 v I Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

Y ATTORN EDW'IN s. DWELLY, 0E EAST ORANGE, NEW JEnsEY, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERiceN rIANo COMPANY, or NEw YORK, N. Y., A coEroEArroN or NEW JERSEY."

MUSIC-ROLL SEAL.

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Specification of Iietters'latent.

. Patented Aug. 15,- 1922.

Application filed July 1,- 1921. Serial No. 481,922;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN S. DWELLY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Music-Roll 'Seals, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to labels for music rolls and the like.

' The object of the invention is to provide a label which will securely hold a music sheet tightly rolled in that condition in which it leaves the manufacturer, while at the same time provision is made for quick and easy opening of the roll when desired.

- In music sheets commonly on the market, there is on each end a relatively stiff reinforcement having a central projecting tabwhich is adapted to be connected to a hook carried by the roll at the center thereof. The reinforcement extends laterally of the central tab a substantial distance and affords a relatively stiff edge. The invention takes advantage of this feature and provides a label such that the tab may be pulled to cause this reinforcement to sever the label transversely to release the music sheet.

It is a feature of the invention that the label iseasily broken by the purchaser to open the roll by the simple action of pulling on the tab on the outer end of the roll. It

is also a feature of the invention that the,

label is destroyed by the act of opening the roll. It cannot therefore be replaced to simulate an unopened roll nor applied to another roll. 4

The invention will'be better understood from a description and a selected illustrative embodiment thereof. For the purpose of such description, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof in which Figure 1 is a front View of a roll with a label of the preferred form encircling the roll to prevent unrolling of the music sheet.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the label partially severed by the act of pulling on the tab.

Fig. 3 shows the label itself.

The label provided by the invention secures the outer free end of the music sheet against unwinding and overlies the edge of the reinforced end of the roll adjacent'the tab in such manner that a pulling on the tab and consequent'bending' outward of the reinforced portion causes a tearing of the label to sever the same.

The label 1 is shown applied to a music roll 2 of usual type. The music sheet is rein'forced at its end and t'hereinforcement 8 isformed'to present a tab lfwhich carries a ring 5' all as" usual. The label encircles the roll and overlies the edge 6-of he reinforcement 3. As shown and preferably, the label is provided with a hole 7 through which the tab 4 projects. sired to open the roll, the label which forms a seal is readily broken by pulling onthe' tab.. The edges of the reinforced portion are relatively stiff and sever the label by When it is dean action which is substantially the same as that oftearing paper against the edge of a ruler. This is indicated in Fig. 2 in which the label is shown as partially severed. If, as in the example illustrated, the label is notv glued to the sheet, it is free to fall clear of'the roll when severed and leaves nothingadheringthereto to look unsightly or to interfere in the use of the roll. In the label shown, the manner of severing the label is indicated by a suitably positioned legend To break seal, pull here.

The label is preferably provided with a gummed end 7, (Fig. 3) to facilitate its application to the roll. Obviously, any desired trade-mark, instruction or advertising matter may be applied to the label. The label is preferably made of paper of quality sufliciently strong, to prevent accidental tearing in the usual handling of the. rolls but not strong enough to make difiicultthe 1 tearing of the same in the way intended. 7 It will be obvious that the label shown is illustrative and that variations may be made without departing from the principle ofthc invention, or sacrificing the, principal features thereof. I claim as my invention: 1. The combination with a music rol having a reinforced end presenting a tab and a relatively stiff edge adjacent thereto,

of a label overlying said edge adjacent said tab to hold said end in rolled relation and adapted to be torn thereby when the tab is pulled outwardly.

2. The combination with a music roll having a reinforced end presenting'a tab and a relatively stiff edge adjacent thereto,"

-Whereby When the tab is pulled outwardly the label is torn by the outwardly pulled stiff edge of the'reinforced end.

The combination With a music roll having a reinforced end presenting a tab and a relatively stiff edge adjacent thereto,

of a label encircling said roll to prevent un rolling thereof, said label having a hole through which the tab extends, said label being entirely unattached to said roll, whereby When the tab is pulled outwardly, the label is torn against the stiff edge of the reinforced end and when severed falls free of the roll.

5. A label for music rolls adapted to encircle the roll to prevent unrolling thereof, consisting of a strip of paper having a gunnned end and having a hole through which the tab of the music roll may extend to facilitate severing of the label by pulling of the tab.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 28th day of June, 1921.

EDWIN S. DVVELLY, 

